WPNewsman

WPNewsman allows site administrators to run their very own newsletter manager right inside the WordPress backend and avoid using third-party services like AWeber or Mailchimp, or other software and MLMs (Mailing List Managers) hosted as separate applications, outside the WP installation.

WPNewsman is deeply integrated with the WordPress core, being created and available as a plugin for the self-hosted version of the WP platform.

Webmasters can use it to create an unlimited number of email templates, manage multiple subscriber lists, manage standard action pages, and send out the newsletter with the click of a button.

Scheduled newsletters are also supported, along with the possibility of checking out usage statistics.

The plugin utilizes a very very simple visual interface that lets even non-technical users easily understand how to use it and how to create and send newsletters right away.

This greatly helps, especially in situations where you are doing client work and have to turn over the site to your clients and not have to worry about errors or writing in-depth tutorials for managing the newsletters section of their site.

WPNewsman is available under a free (Lite) and commercial (Pro) license. The free license is fully functional, but there are some limitations to it, removed in the Pro license.

Installation:

Unpack and upload it to the /wp-content/plugins/ directory.
Activate the plugin through the 'Plugins' menu in WordPress.

You can also check out this video presentation of the WPNewsman plugin:

Features:

• Lite version features:
• Manage subscriber lists
• Manage email templates
• Manage action pages
• Scheduled newsletters
• Easy email design
• Newsletter sign-up form
• Newsletter sign-up confirmation
• Ability to unsubscribe from the newsletter list
• Sidebar widget
• Amazon SES integration
• 2000 subscribers limit
• Pro version features:
• Newsletter statistics
• No subscribers signup limit
• Handles bounced emails
• Google Analytics integration
• Piwik integration

What is new in this release:

• Improved sender stability in shared hosting environment.

What is new in version 1.8.3:

• Added WPnewsman Enhancement plugin which improves stability of WPnewsman workers.

What is new in version 1.8.0:

• Fixed security vulnerability.
• API changed. Method addEmail now responds with "409 Conflict" HTTP code if subscriber already exists.
• Added request parameter "bepositive" to force "200 Ok" HTTP codes on all API responses.

What is new in version 1.7.8:

• Fixed bug which caused an error if recipient unsubscribed from the welcome email.

Requirements:

• WordPress 3.5 or higher